95-7606. Restricting or Prohibiting Attracting Sharks by Chum or Other Means in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary

[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 60 (Wednesday, March 29, 1995)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 16082]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-7606]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

15 CFR Part 944

[Docket No. 950222055-5055-01]
RIN 0648-AH92


Restricting or Prohibiting Attracting Sharks by Chum or Other 
Means in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary

AGENCY: Sanctuaries and Reserves Division (SRD), Office of Ocean and 
Coastal Resource Management (OCRM), National Ocean Service (NOS), 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Department of 
Commerce (DOC).

ACTION: Extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's 
Sanctuaries and Reserves Division (SRD) is considering amending the 
regulations for the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary (MBNMS or 
Sanctuary) to restrict or prohibit the attracting of sharks by the use 
of chum or other means in the MBNMS. An advance notice of proposed 
rulemaking published February 28, 1995 (60 FR 10812) discusses the 
reasons SRD is considering restricting or prohibiting this activity in 
the MBNMS. A thirty day comment period was to close on March 30, 1995. 
This notice extends the comment period by fifteen days.

DATES: Comments must be received by April 14, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to Elizabeth Moore, Sanctuaries and 
Reserves Division, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
1305 East West Highway, SSMC4 12th Floor, Silver Spring, Maryland, 
20910. Comments will be available for public inspection at the same 
address and at the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary office at 299 
Foam Street, Suite D, Monterey, California, 93940.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Elizabeth Moore at [phone] or Aaron King at [phone] or at 
[e-mail].

Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog Number 11.429 Marine Sanctuary 
Program.

    Dated: March 21, 1995.
Frank Maloney,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services and Coastal Zone 
Management.
[FR Doc. 95-7606 Filed 3-28-95; 8:45 am]
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